Tulfo confronts Meta over Marcos deepfake proliferationSenator Raffy Tulfo urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to strengthen farmer and fisherfolk cooperatives, reforms in the DA’s Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA), and faster delivery of government support to the sector during a Senate committee hearing on agriculture on January 26, 2026. MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Raffy Tulfo grilled officials of Meta yesterday over the tech giant’s failure to swiftly remove a malicious deepfake photo of President Marcos that has been circulating on Facebook for over a week. “Why not take it down immediately?” an irate Tulfo asked Meta executives. Why would the President of the Republic of the Philippines be disrespected like this and you allow it?” he added. He explained that the image Tulfo’s team found was likely a repost from a different account, and he requested the specific link so Meta could immediately review and remove it.

Source: Philippine Star February 11, 2026 16:33 UTC